Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announces she is withdrawing from public life because of dementia
In a letter, O’Connor, the first woman to have served on the high court, said she had been diagnosed “some time ago” with the beginning stages of dementia — “probably Alzheimer’s.” “As this condition has progressed, I am no longer able to participate in public life,” wrote O’Connor, who was nominated to the Supreme Court […]
